[PATCH v3 5/6] ext4: introduce direct IO write path using iomap infrastructure

Matthew Bobrowski
2019-09-12T11:04:55Z

This patch introduces a new direct IO write code path implementation
that makes use of the iomap infrastructure.

All direct IO write operations are now passed from the ->write_iter()
callback to the new function ext4_dio_write_iter(). This function is
responsible for calling into iomap infrastructure via
iomap_dio_rw(). Snippets of the direct IO code from within
ext4_file_write_iter(), such as checking whether the IO request is
unaligned asynchronous IO, or whether it will ber overwriting
allocated and initialized blocks has been moved out and into
ext4_dio_write_iter().

The block mapping flags that are passed to ext4_map_blocks() from
within ext4_dio_get_block() and friends have effectively been taken
out and introduced within the ext4_iomap_begin(). If ext4_map_blocks()
happens to have instantiated blocks beyond the i_size, then we attempt
to place the inode onto the orphan list. Despite being able to perform
i_size extension checking earlier on in the direct IO code path, it
makes most sense to perform this bit post successful block allocation.

The ->end_io() callback ext4_dio_write_end_io() is responsible for
removing the inode from the orphan list and determining if we should
truncate a failed write in the case of an error. We also convert a
range of unwritten extents to written if IOMAP_DIO_UNWRITTEN is set
and perform the necessary i_size/i_disksize extension if the
iocb->ki_pos + dio->size > i_size_read(inode).

In the instance of a short write, we fallback to buffered IO and
complete whatever is left the 'iter'. Any blocks that may have been
allocated in preparation for direct IO will be reused by buffered IO,
so there's no issue with leaving allocated blocks beyond EOF.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Bobrowski <mbobrowski@mbobrowski.org>
Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@linux.ibm.com>
---
fs/ext4/file.c | 219 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
fs/ext4/inode.c | 57 ++++++++++---
2 files changed, 196 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 6457c629b8cf..413c7895aa9e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
#include <linux/pagevec.h>
#include <linux/uio.h>
#include <linux/mman.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
#include "ext4.h"
#include "ext4_jbd2.h"
#include "xattr.h"
@@ -213,12 +214,16 @@ static ssize_t ext4_write_checks(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
ssize_t ret;

+ if (unlikely(IS_IMMUTABLE(inode)))
+ return -EPERM;
+
ret = generic_write_checks(iocb, from);
if (ret <= 0)
return ret;

- if (unlikely(IS_IMMUTABLE(inode)))
- return -EPERM;
+ ret = file_modified(iocb->ki_filp);
+ if (ret)
+ return 0;

/*
* If we have encountered a bitmap-format file, the size limit
@@ -234,6 +239,32 @@ static ssize_t ext4_write_checks(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
return iov_iter_count(from);
}

+static ssize_t ext4_buffered_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb,
+ struct iov_iter *from)
+{
+ ssize_t ret;
+ struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
+
+ if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ inode_lock(inode);
+ ret = ext4_write_checks(iocb, from);
+ if (ret <= 0)
+ goto out;
+
+ current->backing_dev_info = inode_to_bdi(inode);
+ ret = generic_perform_write(iocb->ki_filp, from, iocb->ki_pos);
+ current->backing_dev_info = NULL;
+out:
+ inode_unlock(inode);
+ if (likely(ret > 0)) {
+ iocb->ki_pos += ret;
+ ret = generic_write_sync(iocb, ret);
+ }
+ return ret;
+}
+
static int ext4_handle_inode_extension(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
ssize_t len, size_t count)
{
@@ -310,6 +341,120 @@ static int ext4_handle_failed_inode_extension(struct inode *inode, loff_t size)
return 0;
}

+/*
+ * For a write that extends the inode size, ext4_dio_write_iter() will
+ * wait for the write to complete. Consequently, operations performed
+ * within this function are still covered by the inode_lock(). On
+ * success, this function returns 0.
+ */
+static int ext4_dio_write_end_io(struct kiocb *iocb, ssize_t size, int error,
+ unsigned int flags)
+{
+ int ret;
+ loff_t offset = iocb->ki_pos;
+ struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
+
+ if (error) {
+ ret = ext4_handle_failed_inode_extension(inode, offset + size);
+ return ret ? ret : error;
+ }
+
+ if (flags & IOMAP_DIO_UNWRITTEN) {
+ ret = ext4_convert_unwritten_extents(NULL, inode,
+ offset, size);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ if (offset + size > i_size_read(inode)) {
+ ret = ext4_handle_inode_extension(inode, offset, size, 0);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t ext4_dio_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
+{
+ ssize_t ret;
+ size_t count;
+ loff_t offset = iocb->ki_pos;
+ struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
+ bool extend = false, overwrite = false, unaligned_aio = false;
+
+ if (!inode_trylock(inode)) {
+ if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+ return -EAGAIN;
+ inode_lock(inode);
+ }
+
+ if (!ext4_dio_checks(inode)) {
+ inode_unlock(inode);
+ /*
+ * Fallback to buffered IO if the operation on the
+ * inode is not supported by direct IO.
+ */
+ return ext4_buffered_write_iter(iocb, from);
+ }
+
+ ret = ext4_write_checks(iocb, from);
+ if (ret <= 0) {
+ inode_unlock(inode);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Unaligned direct AIO must be serialized among each other as
+ * the zeroing of partial blocks of two competing unaligned
+ * AIOs can result in data corruption.
+ */
+ if (ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS) &&
+ !is_sync_kiocb(iocb) && ext4_unaligned_aio(inode, from, offset)) {
+ unaligned_aio = true;
+ inode_dio_wait(inode);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Determine whether the IO operation will overwrite allocated
+ * and initialized blocks. If so, check to see whether it is
+ * possible to take the dioread_nolock path.
+ */
+ count = iov_iter_count(from);
+ if (!unaligned_aio && ext4_overwrite_io(inode, offset, count) &&
+ ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode)) {
+ overwrite = true;
+ downgrade_write(&inode->i_rwsem);
+ }
+
+ if (offset + count > i_size_read(inode) ||
+ offset + count > EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize) {
+ ext4_update_i_disksize(inode, inode->i_size);
+ extend = true;
+ }
+
+ ret = iomap_dio_rw(iocb, from, &ext4_iomap_ops, ext4_dio_write_end_io);
+
+ /*
+ * Unaligned direct AIO must be the only IO in flight or else
+ * any overlapping aligned IO after unaligned IO might result
+ * in data corruption. We also need to wait here in the case
+ * where the inode is being extended so that inode extension
+ * routines in ext4_dio_write_end_io() are covered by the
+ * inode_lock().
+ */
+ if (ret == -EIOCBQUEUED && (unaligned_aio || extend))
+ inode_dio_wait(inode);
+
+ if (overwrite)
+ inode_unlock_shared(inode);
+ else
+ inode_unlock(inode);
+
+ if (ret >= 0 && iov_iter_count(from))
+ return ext4_buffered_write_iter(iocb, from);
+ return ret;
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX
static ssize_t
ext4_dax_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
@@ -324,15 +469,10 @@ ext4_dax_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
return -EAGAIN;
inode_lock(inode);
}
+
ret = ext4_write_checks(iocb, from);
if (ret <= 0)
goto out;
- ret = file_remove_privs(iocb->ki_filp);
- if (ret)
- goto out;
- ret = file_update_time(iocb->ki_filp);
- if (ret)
- goto out;

offset = iocb->ki_pos;
ret = dax_iomap_rw(iocb, from, &ext4_iomap_ops);
@@ -358,73 +498,16 @@ static ssize_t
ext4_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
{
struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
- int o_direct = iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT;
- int unaligned_aio = 0;
- int overwrite = 0;
- ssize_t ret;

if (unlikely(ext4_forced_shutdown(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb))))
return -EIO;

-#ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX
if (IS_DAX(inode))
return ext4_dax_write_iter(iocb, from);
-#endif
- if (!o_direct && (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT))
- return -EOPNOTSUPP;

- if (!inode_trylock(inode)) {
- if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
- return -EAGAIN;
- inode_lock(inode);
- }
-
- ret = ext4_write_checks(iocb, from);
- if (ret <= 0)
- goto out;
-
- /*
- * Unaligned direct AIO must be serialized among each other as zeroing
- * of partial blocks of two competing unaligned AIOs can result in data
- * corruption.
- */
- if (o_direct && ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS) &&
- !is_sync_kiocb(iocb) &&
- ext4_unaligned_aio(inode, from, iocb->ki_pos)) {
- unaligned_aio = 1;
- ext4_unwritten_wait(inode);
- }
-
- iocb->private = &overwrite;
- /* Check whether we do a DIO overwrite or not */
- if (o_direct && !unaligned_aio) {
- if (ext4_overwrite_io(inode, iocb->ki_pos, iov_iter_count(from))) {
- if (ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode))
- overwrite = 1;
- } else if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
- ret = -EAGAIN;
- goto out;
- }
- }
-
- ret = __generic_file_write_iter(iocb, from);
- /*
- * Unaligned direct AIO must be the only IO in flight. Otherwise
- * overlapping aligned IO after unaligned might result in data
- * corruption.
- */
- if (ret == -EIOCBQUEUED && unaligned_aio)
- ext4_unwritten_wait(inode);
- inode_unlock(inode);
-
- if (ret > 0)
- ret = generic_write_sync(iocb, ret);
-
- return ret;
-
-out:
- inode_unlock(inode);
- return ret;
+ if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT)
+ return ext4_dio_write_iter(iocb, from);
+ return ext4_buffered_write_iter(iocb, from);
}

#ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index efb184928e51..f52ad3065236 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3513,11 +3513,13 @@ static int ext4_iomap_begin(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t length,
}
}
} else if (flags & IOMAP_WRITE) {
- int dio_credits;
handle_t *handle;
- int retries = 0;
+ int dio_credits, retries = 0, m_flags = 0;

- /* Trim mapping request to maximum we can map at once for DIO */
+ /*
+ * Trim mapping request to maximum we can map at once
+ * for DIO.
+ */
if (map.m_len > DIO_MAX_BLOCKS)
map.m_len = DIO_MAX_BLOCKS;
dio_credits = ext4_chunk_trans_blocks(inode, map.m_len);
@@ -3533,8 +3535,30 @@ static int ext4_iomap_begin(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t length,
if (IS_ERR(handle))
return PTR_ERR(handle);

- ret = ext4_map_blocks(handle, inode, &map,
- EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE_ZERO);
+ /*
+ * DAX and direct IO are the only two operations that
+ * are currently supported with IOMAP_WRITE.
+ */
+ WARN_ON(!IS_DAX(inode) && !(flags & IOMAP_DIRECT));
+ if (IS_DAX(inode))
+ m_flags = EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE_ZERO;
+ else if (round_down(offset, i_blocksize(inode)) >=
+ i_size_read(inode))
+ m_flags = EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE;
+ else if (ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS))
+ m_flags = EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_IO_CREATE_EXT;
+
+ ret = ext4_map_blocks(handle, inode, &map, m_flags);
+
+ /*
+ * We cannot fill holes in indirect tree based inodes
+ * as that could expose stale data in the case of a
+ * crash. Use the magic error code to fallback to
+ * buffered IO.
+ */
+ if (!m_flags && !ret)
+ ret = -ENOTBLK;
+
if (ret < 0) {
ext4_journal_stop(handle);
if (ret == -ENOSPC &&
@@ -3544,13 +3568,14 @@ static int ext4_iomap_begin(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t length,
}

/*
- * If we added blocks beyond i_size, we need to make sure they
- * will get truncated if we crash before updating i_size in
- * ext4_iomap_end(). For faults we don't need to do that (and
- * even cannot because for orphan list operations inode_lock is
- * required) - if we happen to instantiate block beyond i_size,
- * it is because we race with truncate which has already added
- * the inode to the orphan list.
+ * If we added blocks beyond i_size, we need to make
+ * sure they will get truncated if we crash before
+ * updating the i_size. For faults we don't need to do
+ * that (and even cannot because for orphan list
+ * operations inode_lock is required) - if we happen
+ * to instantiate block beyond i_size, it is because
+ * we race with truncate which has already added the
+ * inode to the orphan list.
*/
if (!(flags & IOMAP_FAULT) && first_block + map.m_len >
(i_size_read(inode) + (1 << blkbits) - 1) >> blkbits) {
@@ -3612,6 +3637,14 @@ static int ext4_iomap_begin(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t length,
static int ext4_iomap_end(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t length,
ssize_t written, unsigned flags, struct iomap *iomap)
{
+ /*
+ * Check to see whether an error occurred while writing data
+ * out to allocated blocks. If so, return the magic error code
+ * so that we fallback to buffered IO and reuse the blocks
+ * that were allocated in preparation for the direct IO write.
+ */
+ if (flags & IOMAP_DIRECT && written == 0)
+ return -ENOTBLK;
return 0;
}

--
2.20.1